The Legal Environment of Business,
15th Edition

Roger E. Meiners, Al H. Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards

ISBN-13: 9798214056449
Copyright 2027 | Published
672 pages | List Price: USD $388.95

Examine the practical structure and function of today's legal system from the perspective of the business practitioner with Meiners/Ringleb/Edwards' popular "The Legal Environment of Business," 15th Edition. The text highlights law and regulatory areas of the legal environment that are most relevant. Court cases summarize background facts and then give case decisions in the words of the courts. The authors focus on key issues to understand the legal reasoning. You examine a range of legal topics with business-specific examples and meaningful cases that direct attention to key points of law.

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1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics.
2. The Court Systems.
3. Trials and Resolving Disputes.
4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business.
5. Criminal Law and Business.
6. Elements of Torts.
7. Business Torts and Product Liability.
8. Real and Personal Property.
9. Intellectual Property.
10. Contracts.
11. Domestic and International Sales.
12. Business Organizations.
13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy.
14. Agency and the Employment Relationship.
15. Employment and Labor Regulations.
16. Employment Discrimination.
17. The Regulatory Process.
18. Consumer Protection.
19. Environmental Law.
20. Securities Regulation and Antitrust Law.
21. The International Legal Environment of Business.
Appendix A: Online Legal Research.
Appendix B: Case Analysis and Legal Sources.
Appendix C: The Constitution of the United States of America.
Appendix D: The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts).
Appendix E: National Labor Relations Act (Excerpts).
Appendix F: Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts).
Appendix G: Americans with Disabilities Act Excerpts).
Appendix H: The Antitrust Statutes (Excerpts).
Appendix I: Securities Statutes (Excerpts).
Glossary.
Index.

  • Roger E. Meiners

    Roger Meiners is the Goolsby-Rosenthal Chair in the College of Business at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he teaches Legal Environment of Business.

  • Al H. Ringleb

    Al Ringleb is President of the Consortium of Universities for International Studies, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa.

  • Frances L. Edwards

    Frances L. Edwards is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies in the College of Business and Behavioral Studies at Clemson University.

  • Edited cases summarize background facts, while the court’s holding, legal reasoning and explanation of the law are presented from the published opinion in the judge’s words.

  • "Issue Spotters" present business scenarios requiring legal analysis, helping students test retention and apply newly learned principles to real-world practice.

  • Discussion questions in every chapter ensure students understand the chapter concepts well enough to discuss a topic that was covered and should be expanded upon.

  • Each chapter ends with an ethics question related to the legal area the chapter covered, allowing students to go beyond legal reasoning in considering the problem.

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